System for, method of, and the resulting product of the production of fuel gas, heat and electricity

Abstract

Traditional residential and industrial furnace systems convert the chemical energy of liquid and gas fuels into thermal energy and, in some earlier applications, also into electric energy. This process is driven by a burner specifically designed and built. Often these systems operate at high temperatures, high pressures and relatively lower efficiency levels. The field of present invention generally relates to furnaces that combine the fuel production to the both thermal either electrical energy production. More particularly, the present invention produces a combustible gas that, within the internal workings of the present invention, and can efficiently be burned without the production of high levels of pollutants, at relatively lower temperatures and pressures. The foregoing characteristics, along with the limited size of the elements needed to practice the present invention, make it conducive for use as and in connection with, among other things, residential furnaces and other heating systems, including, for example, heat exchangers and residential hot water tanks. In short, the present invention involves the production of a combustible fuel gas, thermal and electric energy. This production is accomplished through the interconnected use of water electrolysis, catalysts, storage means, regulation, and mean of reusing materials to increase production efficiencies.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to the production of a combustible gas. Heat and electricity can also be produced by the practice of the present invention. The system and method involves use of primary gases in a thermochemical-catalyzed reaction. The primary gases are produced by water electrolysis. The resulting combustible gas has physical characteristics that allow the product to be produced, stored, transported and use cost effectively and safely. Further, the present invention relates also to the use of the combustible gas (i.e., the product of the process) as fuel for electricity and thermal energy production for domestic and industrial purposes, as fuel for transportation applications, and in connection with renewable energy storage.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The systems and methods employed to produce heat, electricity and power have improved as the consumption of all three of these and other expressions of energy have increased. Some of this...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a series of systems, methods, and products related to fuel production. The process involves producing primary gases through water electrolysis, mixing and filtering them, internally producing CO 2 gas, storing and using them in a catalytic reaction, releasing unnecessary molecules, collecting the final gas with desired properties, and recovering water and residual CO 2 gas. The resulting combustible gas is efficient, safe for transport, storage, and use, and can be produced with the same efficiency using the same system.

Problems solved by technology

As a result, such furnaces are typically not operated in the places where (A) these fuels are not available via a supply network and (B) the space for sufficient storage tanks is limited or nonexistent.

Moreover, such furnaces do not typically generate by themselves the combustible gas or other combustible liquids or solids.

These productions parameters, however, inherently limited the suitability of the disclosed processes in many residential settings and in smaller spaces (e.g., as part of the power plant of a motor vehicle).

Some of the processes employed to produce combustible gases create a resulting product that is highly combustible and more unstable.

Such gases are difficult and expensive to transport, present multiple safety concerns regarding their storage, and are practical for use in unsophisticated business environments, by residences and to power motor vehicles.

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